Tottenham, with their speed and their style, have it within them to blow a hole in the optimism that is flooding around Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp will be at pains to stress the message. ‘You can’t beat Spurs if you have an average day’: Jurgen Klopp calls for a red-hot show at Wembley as Liverpool look to banish the ghost of last season’s calamitous Tottenham defeat

Confirmation of Portsmouth’s nine-point deduction for going into administration all but relegates the club from the Barclays Premier League. Avram Grant laments ‘sad day for football’ as Portsmouth rule out appeal against points deduction